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The Saints Have Relieved Steve Spagnuolo of his Duties

Sean Payton said the Saints will be changing to a 3-4 alignment on defense

The New Orleans Saints announced Thursday that Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Secondary Coach Ken Flajole have been relieved of their duties with the team.

“I personally want to thank Steve and Ken for their contributions during what was an unprecedented 2012 season,” said Saints Head Coach Sean Payton. “Philosophically we are changing our defense to a 3-4 alignment and right now is the best time to accomplish this transition.”

Spags

Just fired by NO. I say it is time to release Fewell and bring Spags back. Fewell has never put a top 10 defense out there and his system still doesn't fit the personell here. NO had a bad defense this year but they improved late in the season when they started buying into his system. He also brings a nastiness to a defense by installing a physical, downhill defense.

The 2008 defense went to Pittsburgh and beat them up physically. I watch a lot of Pitt games and never see them get out-physicaled by anyone.

The owner can promise improvement all he wants but aging veterans, no cap space, bad contracts and a mediocre DC won't do much to deliver.